2 / 10 / 2020
Mon Lait: quality, sustainability and fair income in the same glass of milk
In the Massif Central, agriculture is dominated by livestock farming. Cow’s milk accounts for 20% of the farm production in the region and 94% of this comes from mountains. Therefore, being the largest dairy production […]
Read more...8 / 09 / 2020
The EU Promotion Policy must include holistic sustainability criteria
In its Farm to Fork Strategy, the European Commission announced it would revise the EU Agricultural Promotion Policy to encourage the consumption of sustainable products. As a member of the Commission’s Civil Dialogue Group “Quality […]
Read more...24 / 07 / 2020
From the mountain to the table: a website for mountain products in Romania
The National Agency of Mountain Areas of Romania created the website produsmontan.ro dedicated to farmers using the Optional Quality Term “mountain product”. The platform aims at promoting the term and the various mountain productions, from […]
Read more...10 / 06 / 2020
Implementation of the EU optional quality term “mountain product” – new Euromontana study
Rewarding 15 years of Euromontana commitment to the topic of mountain products, the use of the optional quality term (OQT) “mountain product” was protected in November 2012 by the European Union with the (EU) regulation […]
Read more...15 / 05 / 2020
Rørosrein: a taste of tradition and diversification
Around 30.000 wild reindeers can be counted in Norway. The natural surroundings of Røros are the historical area for reindeer breeding. In the middle North part of Norway, between Trondheim and Elga, 26 families are […]
Read more...23 / 04 / 2020
EU Geographical Indications represent a sales value of €74.76 billion
On April 20th 2020, the European Commission published the “Study on the economic value of EU quality schemes, geographical indications (GIs) and traditional specialties guaranteed (TSGs)” in order to update and expand the previous study […]
Read more...23 / 03 / 2020
Discover the Bulgarian logo for the optional quality term “mountain products”
Mountainous areas in Bulgaria cover 53.3% of the overall surface and account for nearly 38% of all utilized agricultural areas. In light on the relevance of mountains areas for its national economy, Bulgaria has been […]
Read more...11 / 02 / 2020
EUSALP: Euromontana at a round table on short circuits
On 4 February in Lyon, France, the French presidency of EUSALP (macro strategy for the Alps) was launched. A round table discussion was held on the topic of “What short circuits for agricultural and forestry […]
Read more...4 / 02 / 2020
Promote mountain products within the 2020 promotion policy calls!
On January 30, 2020, the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency of the EU (CHAFEA) held an Info Day on the Call for Proposals for the 2020 EU Promotion Programme for Agricultural Products. The promotion […]
Read more...13 / 12 / 2019
GPS tracking for grazing herds: increasing consumers’ trust in sustainable animal products
Pastoralism faces a wide range of different challenges in Europe, from land use to climate change and large herds management. In Thessaly, Greece, cooperation Terra Thessalia developed a GPS tracking system in Thessaly to facilitate […]
Read more...16 / 10 / 2019
The European Union joins the international act on Appellations of Origin and Geographical Indications
EU institutions officially approved the accession of the European Union to the Geneva Act of the Lisbon Agreement, a multilateral treaty for the protection of geographical indications managed by the World Intellectual Property Organisation. An […]
Read more...31 / 05 / 2019
Territorial brands in the Alpine region: a chance for a better valorisation of regional products?
Branding and labelling mountain products answer various needs: clarification for consumers, protection of producers and promotion of traditional know-hows and local identities. Territorial brands are thus flourishing, including in the Alpine region. To better understand […]
Read more...22 / 05 / 2019
From farm to fork: Romania launches on-farm Local Gastronomic Points
In 2019 Romania adopted a new set of measures facilitating the promotion of local products and enabling farmers to set Local Gastronomic Points on their lands. The package aims at encouraging rural development as well […]
Read more...10 / 05 / 2019
EU food quality schemes: have your say!
The European Commission’s Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) published a new roadmap on quality schemes. The roadmap’s purpose is to assess how effective, efficient, relevant and consistent quality schemes are regarding […]
Read more...29 / 03 / 2019
The EU ready to legislate on a worldwide protection of Geographical Indications?
On March 14, 2019, the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached a political agreement on the rules that lay down how the EU will operate as a member of the Geneva Act. […]
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